Danube Hotel

Danube Hotel is a 2003 Spanish neo-noir thriller drama film written and directed by Antonio Giménez-Rico consisting of a remake of the 1955 film The Red Fish which stars Santiago Ramos and Carmen Morales.

Plot

The plot follows struggling writer Hugo, in a relationship with younger and ambitious chorus girl Ivón, who falls for Hugo's son.

Production

The film is a remake of the 1955 film The Red Fish, directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde and written by Carlos Blanco. It is a Nickel Odeon Dos, Enrique Cerezo PC and PC 29 production, with the participation of TVE and. Shooting locations included Santiago de Compostela.

Release

The film was presented at the Málaga Film Festival in May 2003. Distributed by Columbia TriStar Spain, it was released theatrically in Spain on 26 September 2003, grossing €0.328 million.

Reception

Critical response

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed Hotel Danubio to be an "accomplished exercise in style that harks wistfully back to '40s Hollywood" as well as an "enjoyably mannered, craftily plotted and beautifully produced pic".